Vault



April 27 1926.

J. s. HAINLINE I VAULT Fileq March 21, 1924 Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

PATENT essics.

JAMES SCOTT HAINLINE, OF MACOMB, ELLI NOISL VAULT.

Application filed March 21, 1924. Serial No. 700,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, JAMns Soo'rr HAIN- LINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Macomb, in the county of lilcDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Vault, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a vault, adapted to contain a coffin, and the invention aims toprovide a device of the kind specified which may be made cheaply out of cypress or some other enduring wood, the construction being such that the gases generated'by the decomposition of the corpse will tend to hold the water back, out of the vault. The invention aims, further, to provide novel means for holding together the constituent parts of the body of the vault.

t is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to Which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of theinvention are shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 has a transverse section; Figure 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section; Figure 4 is a fragmental transverse section.

this application com rises a base 1 and a body 2 resting on tie base. The base 1 preferably comprises any desired number of boards or sills 3 extended transversely of the vault and connected by tongue and groove joints 4. The joints 4 may be ccmented, and it will be understood that ce ment may be used at any pointdesired in the joints of the device. On the base 1 is fixed a rack 5 made upon longitudinal sills 6 and cross-bars 7 resting on and secured to the sills 6. The rack 5 serves to elevate the being located outwardly of the ribs 9 The vault forming the subject matter of cofiin enough so that the corpse will not lie in water, should any water find its way into the vault, although as hereinafter described, the device is so constructed that there is small likelihood of water finding its way into the vault.

The body 2 of the vault comprises end pieces 8 provided adjacent to their inner surfaces with ribs 9 extended along the upper edges of the end pieces, and downwardly along the vertical edges of the end pieces. The ribs 9 are in received grooves 10 formed in the top 11 of the body 2 and in the sides 12 of the body 2. The top 11 and the sides 12 of the body 2 of the vault are made up 0f slats 14, which are tongue and grooved to gether, asishown at 1.5. The top 11 and the sides 12 are held on the ends 8 by securing elements 16, such as screws, the same and the grooves 10, as shown in Figure 3. The lowermost slats of the sides 12 are provider with recesses 17, and through the remaining slats of the sides 12 andthe top 11 extend bores 18. Transverse ties 19 are mounted in the bores 18 and extend into the recesses 17. Nuts 20 are threaded on the ties 19 and on gage the lowermost slats 1 1 within the recesses 17, as shown in Figure 4. The nuts 20 are enclosed within cement 21, located in the recesses 17, and cement may be disposed in the bores 18 about the ties or rods 19, as shown at 22. The recesses 17 maybe closed by means of plugs 28. The general construction of the body 2 is such that it will be hermetic and air tight. Certain of the boards 3 of the base 1 may be provided with transverse outwardly and downwardly slanting grooves 24, extended beneath the sides of the vault, as shown best in Figure 4.

In practical. operations, any liquid exuding from the corpse will find its way out of r the vault through the grooves 2 The gases resulting from the decomposition of the corpse will accumulate in the air tight body 2 and prevent the water from entering the vault to any appreciable extent, the rack 5 serving to hold up the coifin to such an extent that any water which may happen to find its way into the vault will be prevented from wettingthe corpse.

The device preferably is made of cypress or some other enduring wood, and although cheaply constructed, will aid in preventing a corpse from being subjected to anything other than the ordinary process of decay.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A vault of the class described, comprising a base, an inverted box-like body resting on the base, and a coffin-rack supported on the base within the body, the base being provided in its upper surface With a drainage groove extended outwardly beneath the lower edgeof the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed iny signature.

JAMES SCOTT HAI'NLINE. 

